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ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Union backs national care service

By Martin Ford | 07 June 2023

A national care service is required to provide a long-term solution for the sector’s crisis, a ne...

FINANCE

Auditors should push ahead with accounts sign off, says NAO head

By Martin Ford | 06 June 2023

‘Unpalatable but necessary options’ should be considered to clear the local audit backlog, the he...

ELECTIONS

'Postcode lottery' claim over voter ID

By Martin Ford | 05 June 2023

The rollout of voter ID was a ‘postcode lottery,’ it has been claimed.

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Oldham chief executive to retire

By Martin Ford | 05 June 2023

The chief executive of Oldham MBC, Harry Catherall, has announced he will retire later this year.

FINANCE

Unspent EU funds at risk of being reclaimed

By Martin Ford | 01 June 2023

Wales could have to return EU funding if it is not spent by the end of the year, a finance watchd...

FINANCE

Chiefs reject pay offer

By Martin Ford | 31 May 2023

Senior officers have formally rejected the ‘full and final’ pay offer tabled by employers.

PLANNING

Questions over council land purchase proposals

By Martin Ford | 30 May 2023

Labour's proposed legislation would allow councils to buy land at agricultural values using compu...

FINANCE

Treasury defends council tax

By Martin Ford | 19 May 2023

A minister has defended council tax after MPs put forward a potential alternative.

FINANCE

Concern over community land auction plan

By Martin Ford | 19 May 2023

A scheme designed to put land value windfalls in council coffers has caused alarm in the House of...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

London borough appoints new managing director

By Martin Ford | 19 May 2023

Alex Dewsnap has been named as Harrow LBC’s new managing director.

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